Cartoonist Gary Varvel: Trump's DACA ruling

It's up to Congress now. This time lapse video shows the technique Gary Varvel uses to draw and color his editorial cartoon about President Trump's decision to leave the future of the Dreamers at Congress' doorstep.
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President Donald Trump just left the dreamers on the doorstep of Congress.

Trump rescinded President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), citing that the order was unconstitutional and told Congress they have six months to draft legislation to address the issue. Trump later tweeted: "Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can't, I will revisit this issue!" (keep reading below)

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In 2011, Obama said: "Sometimes when I talk to immigration advocates, they wish I could just bypass Congress and change the law myself. But that’s not how a democracy works."

But in 2012, Obama signed the executive order, known as DACA, protecting 700,000 people brought to the United States illegally as children. At that time he said it was the decision was temporary.

From Obama's June 2012 speech on Immigration/DACA: "Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. Over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization.

Now, let's be clear -- this is not amnesty, this is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It's not a permanent fix. This is a temporary stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people."

After the announcement was made Tuesday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Obama responded on Facebook calling Trump's decision "cruel."